They did, however, have disposal funds following the £145 million ($192m) sale of Coutinho and Carragher doubts that they will invest so heavily again in January or over the summer of 2019.

He added: "I mean there's no doubt we've spent big in the last 12 months. But my argument to that is we had to sell our best player to spend big. Manchester United didn't have to sell anyone to buy Pogba, you know.

"City didn't have to sell anyone to buy Kyle Walker. We could only spend that much money because we sold Coutinho for an astronomical fee really.

"So, I don't expect Liverpool to be spending that type of money going forward, every single season, on two or three players."